A Short followup to the previous post
See this post on the DisplacedTechies blog. The blog is run by, who else, an American IT worker displaced by outsourcing. Agreed that The West Wing is basically a mirror of the government's status, and the episode talked of discusses the outsourcing debate during the presidential election. It still underlines the 'popular culture' aspect of this debate.
It would be interesting to hear from you all on this. Have you seen any more mentions of outsourcing in American music, movies, soap operas, books?
It would be interesting to hear from you all on this. Have you seen any more mentions of outsourcing in American music, movies, soap operas, books?
posted by Sudarshan | 10:14 PM
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Recently an online news magazine (startium.com) made a opening page headline titled " Indian IT worker's message to the US "
Apparantly, an Indian IT outsourcee is claimed to have started a forum. It has sparked a variety of interesting responses from both US and Indian IT workers.
Link to the thread:
http://www.informationweek.com/forum/showReplies.jhtml?sid=300001&fid=601006&tid=135900002
Following is the transcript of his crude message on the post:
Greetings Mr. or Mrs. American IT Worker,
First of, it is unfortunate whenever someone loses their job. However, when I hear some Americans whining and complaining about IT-related jobs moving to India, my first reaction is "What a bunch of cry babies!" Blaming India for your woes is an irrational and isolationist approach. Look at this from a business perspective. If you want to unionize IT jobs, move to a communist country instead.
In today's cutthroat market, no one is guaranteed a job. The marketplace Gods decide matters such as outsourcing? this capitalism at its best. Boys and girls, the word for today is Globalization: It?s inescapable; don?t try to fight it; be at one with it, only then will you master it (there is much to be learned from Indian traditions).
Anyways, my advice to Americans complaining is that you should adapt to change or you will be obsolete. If you?re a college student living in the US, you may want to avoid any program that heavily emphasizes software development as a core competency. Instead, select a business program.
With newer and faster computers chips, no one (with a few exceptions of course) needs to code in assembly or worry about performance issues as they did 10-20 years ago. Software development is more component and modular based these days, allowing programmers to re-use code over and over again. As a result, this is taking the science out of computer science. It is no wonder that programming has become a commodity.
I?ve gone on far enough, it boils down to this: If you were in the plastic bowls business, would you import your goods from China or manufacture them in the US? So, why would you expect American companies to pay you inflated wages just so things could be as they were? Learn to transform yourself to meet the needs of the new marketplace. Don?t be a whiner, be a winner!
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